Italians do it differently:: Giorgio Scerbanenco's appropriation of the American hard-boiled novel

Barbara Pezzotti

Italians do it differently: Giorgio Scerbanenco's appropriation of the American hard-boiled novel

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Abstract

Prolific Italian crime writer Giorgio Scerbanenco appropriated the conventions of the American hard-boiled novel to put forward a critique of Italian society of the 1960s. Far from imitating a foreign formula, however, this author was able to formulate an all-Italian approach to crime fiction that continues to inspire contemporary crime writers in Italy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	106-124
Number of pages	19
Journal	California Italian Studies
Volume	5
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

scerbanenco
Italian economic boom
Crime fiction

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